(“Hurray!” fat Horace quoth),

“—And when we seek the country air

I’m sure we’ll find adventures there.”

And Pen proved quite a prophetess

For, shortly after that,

They met a lovely—well, what?—guess!

What dream of perfect loveliness

D’you think I’m hinting at?

Well, if your Dad is pleased with you,

Perhaps he’ll buy you that book[A] too.